Automobile-lifter.



P. IDE.

AzUTbMOBILE LIFTER.

APPLICATION FILED QCT-B, 1917.

1,299,730, Patented Apr. 8, 1919.

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AUTOMOBILE LIFTER.

APPLICATION FILED 001.8. mi.

Patented Apr. 8, 1919.

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PETER, IDE, 0F MGCOOK, NEBRASKA.

AUTOMOBILE-LIFTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 8, 1919.

Application filed October 8, 1917. Serial No. 195,366.

7 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER Ion, a citizen of the United States, residingat McCook, in the county of Red WVillow and State of Nebraska, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Automobile-Lifters, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in vehicleelevating means, and more particularly to a device of this characterwherein the raising and lowering of the vehicle may be controlled by theoperator while in the vehicle.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and relativelyinexpensive mechanism that is novel in its character, and semiautomaticin operation.

An embodiment of the invention that is at present considered thepreferable one, is illustrated in. the accompanying drawings, whereinFigure 1 is a plan view of the device,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same in position to receive thevehicle,

Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section of the device, as it appearswhen the vehicle is in place thereon, and

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view on the line 44 of Fig. 1.

Similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

In the embodiment illustrated, a base frame is employed, comprising sidepieces 6 held in spaced relation by means of cross pieces 7 and rods 8and 9 located at the front and rear ends, said rods also acting aspivots for the elevating members described later. Inclined runways 10are secured near the forward end and on the outside of the members 6 incooperative relation with the elevating means.

, The elevating means consist of front and rear axle-engaging posts 11and 12 respectively, journaled on the rods 8 and 9 and adapted to swingthereon. Side members 14 connect the front and rear posts 11 and 12, sothat they swing in proper relation with each other. Cross pieces '13 maybe secured to the posts for giving additional strength thereto. Straps15 are attached to the side pieces 14 and pivoted to the posts 11 and 12to add to the strength of the supporting means.

Pivotally connected to the front posts 11 by means of eyes 16 and 17 orsome other suitable means, are rods 19 and 20. The opposite ends of therods slidably engage vertical arms 22 and 28, the sliding movementthereof being limited by heads 24 carried on the free ends of the rods.The vertical arms 22 and 23 are securely attached in any convenientmanner to a rock shaft 25 rotatably mounted in the base frame, the saidbar having one end thereof projecting beyond the side wall 6 andprovided with a right angularly disposed arm 26. An eye 27, or othermeans, maybe employed, adapted to have a flexible cable 28 securedthereto. This cable 28 is carried up over a pulley 28 attached to theceiling of the garage, and its free end is suitably located to begrasped by the operator while in the vehicle.

Rearwai'dly inclined blocks are arranged on the front ends of thebaseframe in relative position with the posts 11, to form seats forsupporting the heavy weight of the vehicle, while at rest, and furtherto limit the forward swinging movement of the elevating means. Slightlyinclined top faces 30 are formed on the side bars 6, on which the sidemembers 14 seat when the elevating means is depressed or in position toreceive the vehicle.

It is believed that the operation of the apparatus can now be madeclear. With the parts as shown in Fig. 2, it will be evident that if anautomobile is run over the elevator, the front axle will strike againstthe posts 11, causing them to swing forwardly, thereby swinging the rearposts 12 forwardly and upwardly and causing them to engage the rear axleand elevate the same. The rods 19 and 20 will slide freely through thearms 22 and 23 until the heads 24 are against or directly adjacent tosaid arms. To release the automobile, the operator seated in the samehas only to pull upon the free end of the cable 28. This will raise thearm 26,- and by turning the rock shaft 25 cause the rearward movement ofthe arms 22 and 23. These arms thus engage the heads 24 and drawrearwardly upon the rods 19 and 20, causing the elevating frame to swingrearwardly until the posts 11 have passed their vertical positions,whereupon the weight of the automobile will continue the rearwardmovement until the wheels support the same, the continued rearwardmovement being permitted by reason of the vCopies of this' patent may}'be obtained for sliding connection of the rods 19 and 20 with theactuating arms 22 and 23.

From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction, operation andmany advantages of the herein described invention will be apparent tothose skilled in the art, Without further description, and it will beunderstood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion and minordetails of construction may be resorted to without departing from thespirit of sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the character described, the combination withelevating means comprising a base frame and elevating side bars, ofcomiecting rods pivoted to the forward end of the elevating side bars, arock shaft journaled in the base frame and having crank arms, said armsengaging the connecting rods and having a limited sliding and arrangedto detachably engage with a vehicle and elevate the same, and mechanismfor actuating the elevating frame to lower it, including a crank armmember, and a link connection between the crank arm member and framemember, said link connection having a sliding engagement with one ofsaid members to permit the elevation of the frame without the movementof the crank arm.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination withelevating means, comprising a base frame and elevating side bars, ofrods pivoted to the forward end of the elevating side bars, a rock shaftjournaled in the base frame and having crank arms, said arms engagingthe connecting rods and slidable thereon, a lever arm formed on one endof the rock shaft, and operating means connected to the end of the leverarm and adapted to be controlled by the operator while in the vehicle.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of witnesses.

PETER IDE.

Witnesses J N0. F. DUNBAR, M. R. OSBORN, F. L. WOLFE.

five cents each, by addressing the Gommissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

